Pupil Transportation: Home-to-School and Special Education

Home-to-school (HS) and severely disabled/orthopedically impaired (SD/OI) transportation funding is available to eligible local educational agencies (LEAs) to reimburse them for the approved cost of transporting pupils to and from school.

Eligibility

Eligible
Applicants

Local educational agencies

Required
EligibilityCriteria

Generally, LEAs that received funding in the prior fiscal year are eligible for funds.

Other
Eligibility
Considerations

LEAs must report the HS and SD/OI transportation costs via the annual report of pupil transportation form (Form TRAN) in the SACS2010ALL Unaudited Actual Software: http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/sf/fr/

For FY 2010-11, LEAs will receive an amount based on their prior year entitlement less approx 0.35%.

Match
Requirement

No

Allocation Formula

The entitlement for each eligible LEA will be equal to the lesser of (1) the prior year HS or SD/OI entitlement or (2) the prior year's approved HS or SD/OI transportation cost, respectively. From this amount, subtract 0.35 percent.